duplicate
Americannoun
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a copy exactly like an original.
- Synonyms:
- reproduction, replica, facsimile
- Antonyms:
- original
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anything corresponding in all respects to something else.
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Cards. a duplicate game.
verb (used with object)
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to make an exact copy of.
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to do or perform again; repeat.
He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets.
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to double; make twofold.
verb (used without object)
adjective
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exactly like or corresponding to something else.
duplicate copies of a letter.
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consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double.
- Synonyms:
- twofold
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Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score.
idioms
adjective
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copied exactly from an original
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identical
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existing as a pair or in pairs; twofold
noun
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an exact copy; double
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something additional or supplementary of the same kind
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two exact copies (esp in the phrase in duplicate )
verb
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(tr) to make a replica of
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(tr) to do or make again
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(tr) to make in a pair; make double
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(intr) biology to reproduce by dividing into two identical parts
the chromosomes duplicated in mitosis
Related Words
See imitate.
Other Word Forms
- duplicability noun
- duplicable adjective
- duplicately adverb
- duplicative adjective
- nonduplicating adjective
- preduplicate verb (used with object)
- quasi-duplicate adjective
- self-duplicating adjective
- unduplicated adjective
Etymology
Origin of duplicate
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin duplicātus (past participle of duplicāre “to make double”), equivalent to duplic- (stem of duplex ) duplex + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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I pushed them to get rid of the things that often they had duplicates of but weren’t necessarily something like, “Oh, I got this as a child” or “somebody got this for me.”
From Los Angeles Times
Some publications and grant applications included duplicated images, or images that were rotated, magnified or stretched.
A 2020 state audit found that an employee was improperly reimbursed more than $20,000 for duplicate expenses and that state rules were not followed in numerous instances.
From Los Angeles Times
A single cell duplicates three billion DNA letters and manages to distribute perfect copies to both daughter cells.
From Science Daily
Often imitated, never duplicated, a ring from Spinelli Kilcollin is both classic and subversive enough to be interesting for decades to come.
From Los Angeles Times
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